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I had planned to do a companion post to the one covering Mike Padgett's visit last week, but today's luncheon with special guest Bob Tuke turned out to be closed to the press. I wasn't the only one who had thought differently, and they asked each of us to leave.

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Mike Padgett is apparently not afraid to take maverick stances and buck his own party when he needs to.

Tennessee Democratic Party Chair Gray Sasser was the speaker at Tuesday night's Bedford County Democratic Party banquet. ...

Somerville lawyer Steve Butler has decided against running for John Wilder's state Senate seat. That leaves lawyer/lobbyist Randy Camp, a former Wilder chief of staff, in the Democratic primary.

Mike Williams is running again, and two Democrats will try to succeed John Wilder in the state Senate. That’s some of the news from today’s filing deadline for candidates.

While Mike Padgett may have ever so slightly higher name recognition than Bob Tuke according to one Republican poll, it appears that the former Democratic Party Chair has higher name-id outside of Tennessee.

Wesley Clark, a Four-Star General (ret.), was the Supreme Allied Commander Europe of NATO from 1997 to 2000 and a Democratic candidate for President in 2004.

John Rodgers reports that a new poll out from Ayres, McHenry & Associates commission by Lamar Alexander’s reelection campaign show the Senator with a 68 percent approval rating and a large gap separating him from his potential Democratic opponents in potential head to head contests.

Ken Whitehouse with the breaker:

NashvillePost.com has learned that former Knox County Clerk William M. “Mike” Padgett will enter the Democratic primary.

Least week, we reported here the news that both Kevin Doherty and Lynne Edgerton had taken taken themselves out of consideration for U.S.